Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Data scientists, journalists, researchers and former civil servants with an interest in public procurement are systematically monitoring contracting procedures for corruption risks and irregularities , using analytics tools that source data from the government’s e-procurement system via a public API.

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Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 5, 2023

In October, EU countries will be required to adopt eForms in a bid to improve the quality of data published on the block’s government tendering. With data excellence as one of the pillars of their mission, TenderNed has been working on creating better data within the Dutch government for several years.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The government took three key steps: i) careful planning for the green transition; ii) implementing green public procurement (GPP) in practice with a focus on building the capacity of public buyers; and iii) learning powered by data-driven monitoring with a public dashboard. Can everything be green? For example, in October 2023, 97.5%

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VWV

AUGUST 29, 2024

There are some exceptions to this; longer terms may be permissible if suppliers are expected to make significant investments and can be justified. Can you direct award a framework? Direct awards are possible if a direct award justification applies, such as single suppliers or switching to direct award following a failed procurement.

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VWV

AUGUST 20, 2024

Exclusions - The rule on excluding suppliers is one of the most significant areas of reform with the introduction of the debarment list and widened grounds for exclusion. Contract Award Notices and Standstill - The mandatory standstill period is changing under the Act, from 10 calendar days to 8 working days.

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How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 26, 2024

Where AI is likely to be used in the delivery of a service, commercial teams may wish to require suppliers to declare this, and provide further details. It recognises that there ‘are potential benefits to suppliers using AI to develop their bids, enabling them to bid for a greater number of public contracts.

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Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 30, 2024

EU Member States must publish their procurement notices to Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) , so we used TED data to rank the product groups by number of procurement notices, to produce a shortlist of product groups to investigate. When choosing a model, it’s important to understand its training data. 2018) dataset.

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